Hundreds of millions of people around the world^[1] experience chronic pain ^[2] – meaning pain that lasts longer than three months^[3]. While the numbers vary from country to country, most studies estimate that about 10% of the global population^[4] is affected, so more than 800 million people.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that in 2021, about 20% of U.S. adults – or more than 50 million people...

“My brain has way too many tabs open.”

“Why can’t I complete tasks?”

“Why do I lose track of time?”

“Why can’t I pay attention?”

These are all things people with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, may ask themselves daily, if not hourly.

As a family nurse practitioner in primary care^[1], I have diagnosed and treated numerous patients with ADHD. I was also diagnosed with it at the age of...